Hey, hot take: Someone going right up to you online and telling you "I think you're a mass murderer with blood on your hands, and you should be ashamed of yourself for helping kill all those innocent people" is not a normal situation You shouldn't be expected to react normally
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And like Sure I don't condone violence And this wasn't a physical threat, Buzz Aldrin isn't a marginalized minority, punching him was, arguably, a serious overreaction he could've faced assault charges for
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But come on If "The moon landing is a hoax" isn't just a meme or punchline to you, if you think about what it means Someone comes up to you and says "I think you're one of history's greatest liars I think the most important thing in your life, you've lied barefaced about"
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"I think you've been spending YEARS lying, to EVERYONE To your wife, to all your friends, to millions of people I think your entire life is built on an enormous lie, a lie that you don't seem ashamed of I think you're just such a thoroughly shitty person that you'd do that"
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Well shit If that doesn't piss you off enough to be "fighting words" then what is "fighting words"
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The video of that is beautiful to behold, BTW. And reports on that incident rarely mention that that guy had been stalking & harassing Aldrin, et al, for years, which counts for a lot IMHO.
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A real American hero.
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There's video. It's a glorious moment in the history of space exploration, and some of the best schadenfreude I've ever basked in.
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